UN human rights treaty bodies face funding shortfalls

Photo taken on June 11, 2019 shows the 12th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the UN headquarters in New York. The acting chair of Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities said on Tuesday that due to cash flow difficulties United Nations is facing, sessions of six of the ten UN human rights treaty bodies will be cancelled. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)